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Fox Debate: Huntsman out, Paul bumped

A campaign source sends over the official Fox News update for tonight's podium placement in Myrtle Beach, which I posted here before Jon Huntsman announced that he was dropping out of the race:

With the withdrawal of Gov. Huntsman from the race, we have removed one lectern from the stage. Because that was the number six position, there is no reordering of the remaining candidate positions, which remain the same as you saw during he staff walk through on Sunday.

The order now, from left to right as seen from the audience, is:

Perry – Santorum – Romney – Gingrich – Paul

Romney will now hold court in the middle, while Ron Paul has been pushed to the outside flank -- despite the fact that he is now polling ahead of Rick Santorum in South Carolina.